21.   North Korea has been trying to dismantle the Korean armistice setup to pressure Washington to start negotiations with it to establish a new Korean peace system.

22.   North Korea insists that Korean peace can be negotiated only between it and the United States, excluding rival South Korea, which it regards as a U.S. puppet.

23.   North Korea has been trying to dismantle the Korean armistice setup to pressure Washington to start negotiations to establish a new Korean peace system.

24.   North Korea has been trying to dismantle the Korean armistice to pressure Washington to start negotiations to establish a new Korean peace system.

25.   North Korea says withdrawing U.S. troops from South Korea and signing a peace treaty with the United States should form the main agenda of upcoming Korean peace talks.

26.   On Saturday, a fifth round of four-party Korean peace talks involving the U.S., China and the two Koreas opens in Geneva.

27.   Reports of joint U.S.-Chinese pressure on North Korea to enter Korean peace talks were ruining prospects for the proposed conference, the communist state said Tuesday.

28.   Russia and Japan have long sought to play an active role in Korean peace process.

29.   South Korean Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha said Wednesday that his government would consider food aid to North Korea if Pyongyang agrees to the four-party Korean peace negotiations.

30.   South Korea said it hoped to increase exchanges with North Korea now as Washington and Seoul are trying to bring the North into Korean peace talks.